A/N:
I DON'T OWN NARUTO
This is my first story so please review and tell me how I'm doing! I will appreciate all comments and suggestions A LOT (so long as they aren't flames).
So here it is, the first chapter or Angel's Armada:
Chapter 1: My Angel
"This is RIDICULOUS!"
A light thud echoed through the halls. Once again, Sakura Haruno was stuck at the hospital, in the middle of the night, waiting for her friend to take the next shift. Lazily she picked her head up from the desk littered with papers and glanced at her watch.
"3 o' fuckin' clock... WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU INO!?"
Of course the pink haired girl didn't really have anything to do. Sure it was a Friday night and she should go out to a party- have some fun! But she knew that once she got off work she would just head home down the same, boring root she took every day. She wished for something more exciting- but what? She loved her job as a nurse and this was just how she wanted to spend her time; doing what she loved! Helping people! Sakura snorted at herself.
"Yea right. Just what I wanted to do. Sign papers alllll night. Just great!" she complained to herself. Today was not such a busy day so she filled up her time with long due paper work that she had found awaiting on her desk in the morning. All she wanted to do was take a nice long shower and go to sleep- after a 17 hour day of work. What normal human being wouldn't want that?
Soft taps from outside her office woke the pink haired girl from her stupor. Leaning as far back as her wheely chair would allow, she looked out her door and sure enough, there was her blond friend, waving happily with a smile on her face, hair trailing behind her as she trotted down the hall. After reading the unamused look staring back at her, the blond gave a goofy grin and scratched the back of her head in embarrassment.
"Heheh... sorry Sakura... I got a little distracted!"
"Again?" Sakura added, though it was more of a statement than a question.
"Well you try being nocturnal Sakura!" Ino shot back back at her friend, hands placed firmly on her hips.
"Yeah well technically I am too now that you've decided to start showing up at 3 in the morning! How am I supposed to get any sleep if I have too keep babysitting you!? If it wasn't for me you would have been fired a long time ago! And another thing I- ooh... What's that?"
Ino frowned at her friend's comment that she needed to be "baby sat" but shrugged it off and smiled; Sakura always had some sort of A.D.D when it came to something that interested her.
"Oh! Well since your acting like the bitchy billboard brow you are (Sakura twitched at the name) I guess I won't give it to you now." Ino ended with a smirk.
"OH COME ON INO PIG! GIMME'!" Sakura playfully responded forgetting about the obvious anger she had been expressing merely seconds ago.
The blond girl knew her friend all too well- she could never give up a surprise.
"Well since I was late I decided to pick you up a little something." Reaching into the bag she took out Sakura's favorite meal; syrup-coated anko dumplings.
"Ohhhhh thank you Ino!!" Sakura said, grabbing the bag. Damn. Why did Ino have to know her so well. She was way too forgiving of her blond friend.
"Well I gonna' go Ino! Thanks for the food!" Sakura turned on her heels and started off down the hall leaving a bewildered Ino behind.
"Wait! Aren't you gonna' stay and eat with me?!" Ino yelled down the hall.
"Nope!" Sakura answered as the doors of the elevator opened.
"BUT IT'S SO BORING BY MYSELF SAKURA!" Ino whined.
But her only response from Sakura was a smile and a wave.
"Bitch." Ino smiled.
The pink haired girl sighed. 'Another long boring day in the life of Sakura, huh?' With a soft bing the doors opened and Sakura made her way out of the building, stopping when she walked out the door.
The stars were shining brighter than the street lights. It was strange that she could even see the stars in the city when the glow of the city usually masked the beauty of the skies.
Tonight it was empty on the street and Sakura quickened her pace. She didn't want to be out by herself- not that she didn't feel safe (she was definitely able to take out every man, woman or super hero with her abnormal strength) but it was freezing. Wrapping her arms around herself and bunching her shoulders up to keep warm she passed by the homeless man she saw everyday, to and from work. She was always intrigued by the fact that the old man never moved from that one spot on the street (to her knowledge) and yet he never got any money. Not even one cent! And yet the man was never sick nor did he get any thinner- in fact, he looked just as healthy as any other person living in the city.
Making a sharp turn she walked down an alley. Even if it did seem dark and scary this shortcut saved her lots of time. But as soon as she turned the corner she immediately regretted it. Her steps suddenly felt heavy- as though she were the weight of an elephant. Time seemed to slow down and the soft rustling of the wind died out completely, leaving an eerie silence. Sakura's green eyes widened. 'What's going on?' She began to panic, picking up the pace as much as her heavy legs could take her, but the end of the alley wasn't getting any closer. A shadow quickly passed behind her. She spun around to see what it was but she found nothing. Then another shadow. She turned. Nothing. Soon her world was spinning trying to pinpoint the thing that was terrorizing her.
"STOP! LEAVE ME ALONE!" Sakura screamed in denial. Of course whoever these people were wouldn't stop. She was sure they were having too much fun at her own expense. Her feet could no longer move as though they were glued to the ground and all of a sudden her throat was clogged- even something had wrapped its invisible hands around her neck and was slowly squeezing the life out of her. Slowly, green eyes started to close and knees buckled to the ground. 'What is this? Will anyone save me?' What was she supposed to do? She did what anyone else in her position would do. She closed her eyes and waited for the heavens to open up for her. But then, out of nowhere, a ripple of warmth was sent through the alley and a jolt of chills were sent up her spine warming her body. The weight was immediately lifted as well as the restriction on her throat. She grabbed her neck and began to cough, hungrily gulping in precious oxygen. The wind returned, softly caressing her cheeks, slowly beginning to calm her back to her senses. She slowly moved her hand from her mouth to find something black.
"What the.. What the fuck just happened?!" Sakura trembled. The black ink like substance slid down her arm where it stopped at her watch. 4 o' clock. 'That's impossible! It was only 3 O'clock two minutes ago!' Sakura thought, shakily raising herself with the help of the wall beside her. She felt lighter than ever ('GOD DAMN GRAVITY IS MESING UP TODAY'), but after what had just happened she felt ready to curl up next to the dumpster across from her and fall asleep. Feeling ready to walk on her own she pushed off the wall only to have her legs buckle underneath her. She closed her eyes in anticipation of the hard pavement below. But it ever came.
In the second that her green eyes met blue, she was frozen. The blue orbs staring at her seemed to glow like the ocean with the sun's gleam reflecting off of the water. It was something so intense yet so soft, it felt surreal against the dark back round against the alleyway. The arms that wrapped around her body from the front gave off a warmth as though the suns rays were reaching her.
"Are you all right?" a kind voice asked. The pink haired girl was baffled; her mouth still open like a fish out of water.
"I...I-I..I" She stuttered. 'Damn how many times could she say the word "I"?' Sakura had always responded to things a little too quickly (and usually violently), mostly ending with her fists in someones face: being stuck in an alleyway, after being attacked by God knows what, while a stranger you can't even see holds you in his arms, is no different. Her arm reached back and made contact with the man in front of her at full force- a tiny yelp was produced by the man on impact, immediately letting her go. Sakura almost felt bad- as though she had just punched a puppy, and he was, after all, trying to help. But she couldn't be sure; the look the man gave her that she could barely decipher from the dark was of either fury or surprise. Even if she didn't know the man somehow his aura was comforting, in fact, she felt completely safe and yet she chose to follow her instincts and took off as quick as she could out of the alley and around the corner.
"That... That actually hurt." the man whispered to himself, rubbing his now, black and blue arm. He listened to the footsteps slowly disappear down the street. Sensing that nobody was nearby he stepped out of the alleyway into the deserted city, brightened by the street lights. He stretched his long wings, their color blending in with the fresh falling snow. With a goofy fox grin Naruto chuckled, puffing his feathers up in delight of meeting the girl- though he had been watching her for long time before this moment.
"Iknew it! She is one of them- and she's cute!" Naruto lightly laughed as he watched his pink haired angel stumble on the new snow forming on the ground.
"Sorry I scared you Sakura-chan. But I think we're gonna' get to know each other a lot better from here on out." Spreading his wings, the angel took flight in the falling snow
To Be Continued!
A/N:
I'm Sorry if this first chapter moved a little slow and you're all probably wondering what the heck is going on but I promise (or at least hope) as you go on it will get better! Please keep reading as I add on chapters!
My next chapter will be added as soon as I possibly can!
Thanks for reading!
